Evaluation of surrogate markers of protection for the evaluation of vaccine strategies against mycobacterial infections in BCG-revaccinated individuals
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- TuberculosisC01.252.410.040.552.846
- Registration Number
- RBR-2gv984
- Lead Sponsor
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Bahia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy volunteers; enrolled in the first year of graduate courses of Medicine, Physiotherapy, Dentistry, Nursing, Phonoaudiology, Nutrition or Pharmacy of two universities; with visible/measurable BCG scar; negative in double testing with PPD RT 23 (2 tuberculin units, 7-10 days of interval between tests).
Exclusion Criteria
Positive serology for the human immunodifciency virus (HIV 1/2) using an immunoenzimatic assay (ELISA); HIV test refusal.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method